minor term
Britishnoun
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Otherwise there will be illicit process of the minor term.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
The minor term is the subject of the minor premise 130 and the subject of the conclusion.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
Prove that wherever the minor term is distributed, the major premiss must be universal.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
The premise which contains the middle term and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middle term and the minor term is called the minor premise.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart
The minor premiss being affirmative, the minor term, which is its predicate, will be undistributed there.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
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